338 roLi;MOxiACi:.K. (polemonium family.) 



dose-flowered, forming a corymbose or pyramidal panicle; calyx-teeth long, 

 bristle-pointed; lobes of the corolla round-obovate. (P. undulata, Pursh, P. 

 cordata, Ell. ') — Var. ACUMINATA. (P. acuminata, Pursh.) Leaves acuminate 

 at each end, the lower surface, like the stem, pubescent ; calyx-lobes shorter. — 

 Rich woods in the npper districts of Georgia, and northward. June and July. 



— Stem 2°-4° high. Leaves 2' -4' long, thin, strongly veined beneath, the 

 primary veins uniting within the margins. Corolla purple or white. 



2. P. maculata, L. Stem erect, pubescent and ronghish, especially above, 

 rarely branched, often spotted with purple; leaves rather rigid, lanceolate, acute ; 

 the lowest often linear and elongated, the upper broader and rounded at the base, 

 rough on the margins ; cymes closely many-flowered, lateral and terminal, form- 

 ing an oblong or pyramidal panicle; calyx-lobes straight, acute; tube of the 

 corolla slender, curved; the lobes obovate. (P. pyramidalis, Smith. P. suaveo- 

 lens, Ait.) — Var. nitida. (P. nitida, Ell?) Stem rigid, rough; leaves nu- 

 merous, uniform, ovate-oblong, mostly cordate at the base; calyx-lobes acuminate. 



— Low woods. Florida to Mississippi, and northward. June and July. — Stem 

 2° -3° high. Leaves 2'- 4' long. Corolla purple or occasionally white. 



3. P. Carolina, L. Smooth ; stem (1° high) erect or ascending, sparingly 

 branched ; leaves varying from ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the upper 

 oiks often rounded or slightly cordate at the base; panicle corymbose, few-flow- 

 ered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, short-acuminate. (P. triflora, Michx.f) — North 

 Carolina, Bentham. 



4. P. glaberrima, L. Smooth ; stem erector ascending, sparingly branched 

 above ; leaves lanceolate or linear, acute, the lower tapering to the base, the upper 

 broader and rounded at the base ; cymes usually 3, terminal, few-flowered ; calyx 

 lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla large, with the lobes wedge-obovate. — Moun- 

 tains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and northward. July. — Stem l°-2° 

 high. Leaves 3' - 4' long. Pedicels as long as the calyx. Corolla 1' long, pale 

 purple. 



5. P. reptans, Michx. Pubescent orsmoothish ; stem low, slender, simple, 

 bearing long runners at the base. Stem-leaves i'rw, distant, lanceolate, rather 

 obtuse ; the radical ones and those on the runners larger, spatulate or obovate, 

 pctioled ; cyme terminal, few-flowered ; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, much shorter 

 than the spreading or recurved pedicels; corolla-lobes obovate, shorter than the 



slender Straight tube; anthers slightly exserted. — Damp shady woods near 



Washington, Wilkes Co., Georgia, and northward along the mountains. May 

 and June. — Stem 6'-10'high. Leaves 6" - 8'' long, the radical ones l'-3' 

 long. Corolla l' long, purple. 



* * Style short, scarcely longer than the ovary: calyx-teeth linear-subulate, tapering 

 into an awn lih point : lobes of the corolla often notched, stems pubescent. 



6. P. divaricata, L. Softlj pubescent and more or loss glandular; stems 

 ding from a decumbent base, simple; haves distant, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, rather acute, mostly rounded at the have ; cymes corymbose, loosely- 

 flowered; lobes of the corolla obovate, notched or entire, us long as the tube, 

 and twice at long ai the calyx. — Woods and hanks, Florida to Mississippi, and 



